Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - April 2001
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Mar. 2001 Feb. 2001 Mar. 2000
       Philippines 159.4 159.3 149.4
       Metro Manila (MM) 159.9 159.5 148.4r
       Areas Outside MM 159.2 159.2 149.7
    Inflation rate 6.7 6.7 3.3
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.63 0.63 0.67
  Feb. 2001 Jan. 2001 Feb. 2000
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)
819.7 809.6 778.2
  Jan. 2001 Dec. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila (1992=100)
159.5 156.3r 144.5
  Feb. 2001 Jan. 2001 Feb. 2000
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila (1985=100)
261.5 264.7r 258.0r
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)
240.6 240.3 231.4
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Feb. 2001 Jan. 2001 Feb. 2000
  Total trade 4,999 5,361 5,386
  Exports 2,805 2,889 2,902
  Imports 2,193 2,472 2,483
  Balance of trade 612 417 419
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,152 1,252 1,360
    2. Japan 942 1,002 959
    3. Singapore 376 411 391
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,581 1,681 1,709
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 187 211 192
    3. Coconut oil 45 22 32
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 367 475 669
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 285 298 252
    3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery 250 252 205
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)
3rd Qtr 2000p 2nd Qtr 2000p 3rd Qtr 1999
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 2,060.11 2,580.01 6,724.25
    Value 33,445.50 37,590.94 75,850.14
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 0.33 0.25 0.72
    Value 8.39 8.47 17.93
  Air trade      
    Quantity 6.65 5.93 13.26
    Value 202.99 258.52 713.09
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) Jan. 2001 Oct. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Total labor force (million) 31.7 30.9 30.6
    Labor force participation rate 65.5% 64.3% 64.9%
     Employment rate 88.6% 89.9% 90.5%
     Unemployment rate 11.4% 10.1% 9.5%
     Underemployment rate 16.9% 19.9% 21.0%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/CE)      
  Number of establishments (with 10 or more workers) 1998p 1997 1996
    Agriculture and forestry 1,357 1,196 1,095
    Fishing 606 501 439
    Mining and quarrying 180 193 188
    Manufacturing 15,678 14,734 13,526
    Electricity, gas, and water 623 588 582
    Construction 1,577 1,457 1,501
    Wholesale and retail trade 17,606 15,237 13,336
    Hotels and restaurants 7,100 6,686 6,275
    Transportation, communication, and storage 3,011 2,734 2,581
    Financial intermediation establishments 6,528 5,452 5,229
    Real estate and other business activities 4,167 3,804 3,613
    Private education services 3,930 3,718 3,490
    Health and social work 1,186 1,135 1,087
    Other community, social, and personal services 2,070 1,935 1,812
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
4th Qtr 2000 3rd Qtr 2000 4th Qtr 1999
  Total (number) 15,991* 13,741* 16,903*
    Floor area 2,305,051 2,683,315 2,894,009
    Value 13,637,822 25,436,625 21,145,331
  Residential (number) 10,571 8,516 10,857
    Floor area 1,161,038 994,726 1,206,581
    Value 5,587,543 4,650,390 5,769,424
  Nonresidential (number) 1,839 1,878 2,043
    Floor area 1,021,059 1,576,668 1,581,997
    Value 6,396,089 18,401,964 13,983,528
  Additions (number) 730 619 1,031
    Floor area 122,954 111,921 105,431
    Value 662,945 714,255 448,254
  Alterations/repairs (number) 2,851 2,728 2,972
    Value 991,245 1,670,016 944,125
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES  (1985=100)
Jan. 2001 Dec. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Value of production index 576.2 664.3r 534.7r
     Gainers over last year      
      Miscellaneous manufactures 69.1% 0.9% 22.0%
      Petroleum refineries 41.4% 66.1% 55.9%
      Tobacco 31.9% (4.9%) (8.8%)
     Losers over last year      
      Textile (8.7%) (1.0%) 14.6%
      Food manufacturing (7.7%) (10.6%) (11.4%)
      Wood and wood products (6.7%) 6.1% 1.8%
  Volume of production index 140.6 165.5r 144.1r
     Gainers over last year      
      Miscellaneous manufactures 66.2% 8.1% 41.4%
      Furniture and fixtures 23.5% 16.0% 28.2%
      Tobacco 17.5% (4.0%) (7.9%)
     Losers over last year      
      Food manufacturing (13.1%) (12.0%) (7.9%)
      Electrical machinery (11.2%) 22.5% 25.8%
      Textile (6.6%) (20.7%) (6.4%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Wood and wood products 66.5% 12.7% (30.5%)
      Miscellaneous manufactures 45.6% (25.4%) 18.7%
      Petroleum products 36.3% 35.3% 70.6%
     Losers over last year      
      Tobacco (29.6%) 7.7% 117.7%
      Transport equipment (18.1%) (13.5%) (58.6%)
      Basic metals (14.7%) 39.0% 77.1%
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Wood and wood products 68.0% 12.7% (30.5%)
      Miscellaneous manufactures 43.0% (20.0%) 38.7%
      Textile 14.4% (2.3%) 35.1%
     Losers over last year      
      Tobacco (37.2%) 8.7% 117.4%
      Wearing apparel (26.2%) 41.8% (5.7%)
      Transport equipment (22.4%) (15.6%) (59.8%)
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70% 42.0% 35.5%r 35.3%
      90% - 100% 23.8% 26.1%r 17.9%
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE  (Source: FIES)
(At current prices)
1997 1994 1991
  Annual average family income  P123,168 P83,161 P65,186
  Annual average family expenditure P99,537 P67,661 P51,991
  Annual average family saving P23,631 P15,500 P13,195
POPULATION 2000 1995 1990
  Total 76,498,735 68,616,536 60,703,206
    Male n.a. 34,584,170 30,538,285
    Female n.a. 34,032,366 30,164,921
    0-14 years n.a. 38.4% 39.6%
    15-64 years n.a. 58.1% 57.0%
    65 years and over n.a. 3.5% 3.4%
  Density(persons per square kilometer) 255 229 202
  Growth rate 2.36% 2.32% 2.35%
  Average household size 5.0 5.1 5.3
  2002 2001 2000
  Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ 79,503,675 77,925,894 76,348,114
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS       
  1998p 1997r 1996
  Registered births 2/ 1,632,859 1,653,236 1,608,468
    Male 853,304 859,814 835,970
   Female 779,555 793,422 772,498
  Registered marriages 2/ 544,416 562,808 525,555
  Registered deaths 2/ n.a. 339,400 344,363
   Male n.a. 201,700 204,363
   Female n.a. 137,700 140,000
  2002 2001 2000
  Crude birth rate (per thousand population) 1/ 25.70 26.24 26.78
  Crude death rate (per thousand population) 1/ 5.77 5.83 5.89
  Crude rate of natural increase(per thousand population) 1/ 19.93 20.41 20.89
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)1/ 3.23 3.30 3.38
  Life expectancy at birth
    (in years; medium assumption)1/
     
     Male 66.93 66.63 66.33
     Female 72.18 71.88 71.58
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2000 1999 1998
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 3/ 47.0% 49.3% 46.5%
     Modern method 32.3% 32.4% 28.2%
     Traditional method 14.7% 16.9% 18.3%
LITERACY RATE (Source: FLEMMS ) 1994 1989  
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ 93.9% 89.8%  
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ 83.8% 75.4%  
    1/      - Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional, and Provincial Population Projections.
    2/      - Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration.
    3/      - Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years.
    4/      - Basic reading and writing skills.
    5/      - Basic reading, writing, and computational skills.
    *      - Excludes demolitions and street furnitures.
          - Revised
         - Preliminary
    n.a.  - not yet available

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